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    Rowing On The Nile With Cairow Founder Emma Benany
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    • Jun 17
    • 1 min

    Rowing On The Nile With Cairow Founder Emma Benany

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    Adverts for the Past: Cairo’s Retro Hand-Painted Billboards
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    • Jun 15
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    Adverts for the Past: Cairo’s Retro Hand-Painted Billboards

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    Preserving Heritage And Building Communities At Historic Cairo’s Bayt Yakan
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    • Jun 10
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    Preserving Heritage And Building Communities At Historic Cairo’s Bayt Yakan

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    Celebrating World Oceans Day With The Uniquely Egyptian Art Of Khayyāmiyah
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    • Jun 8
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    Celebrating World Oceans Day With The Uniquely Egyptian Art Of Khayyāmiyah

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    Bread by Bike
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    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    Bread by Bike

    A characterful sculpture for those unfailingly impressed by Cairo's bread delivery guys on bikes that stack racks of bread above their heads
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    Mussolini in Italy: The Casa D'Italia
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    • Jan 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mussolini in Italy: The Casa D'Italia

    Hidden away in Port Said is a surprising find. Just off the corniche boardwalk is a striking modernist building adorned with a large...
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    Port Said's Old Shopfronts & Hand-Painted Adverts
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    • Jan 21, 2020
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    Port Said's Old Shopfronts & Hand-Painted Adverts

    Although once a booming centre of commerce, Port Said has changed immensely. However, it still has a flare of its former self. This can...
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    1920's Art Deco Splendour of the Simon Arzt Department Store
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    • Jan 11, 2020
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    1920's Art Deco Splendour of the Simon Arzt Department Store

    Once the most famous and exclusive department store in Port Said, and arguably Egypt, Simon Artz was well known for its fine imported...
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    The Statue of Liberty is Egyptian
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    • Jan 11, 2020
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    The Statue of Liberty is Egyptian

    Everyone knows of New York's Statue of Liberty, but few know that Lady Liberty was originally supposed to be a robed Egyptian peasant...
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    The Once World-Famous Port Said Lighthouse
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    • Dec 12, 2019
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    The Once World-Famous Port Said Lighthouse

    Walking along the boardwalk in Port Said, it's hard to miss the checkerboard-painted lighthouse. Standing at a total height at 194 feet,...
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    RIP The Egyptian Venice: Al-Max
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    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    RIP The Egyptian Venice: Al-Max

    After putting off launching Foul For a Fool for months, I had written several articles and was waiting for the right time to launch the...
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    A Woolworths in Egypt?
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    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Woolworths in Egypt?

    In Port Said, just around the corner from the ferry to Port Fouad and the city's police station, is the old Woolworths building. An odd...
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    The Real Yacoubian Building
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    • Dec 8, 2019
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    The Real Yacoubian Building

    Alaa Al Aswany's classic novel The Yacoubian Building is an Egyptian classic and a great commentary on Cairo and Egypt. For many who...
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    Taking a Party Boat on the Nile
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    • Dec 8, 2019
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    Taking a Party Boat on the Nile

    Cairo's party boats cram the Nile at night, blasting Egyptian shaabi music, and lit up with neon lights. The large motorboats are usually...
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    A Night Out at the Cairo Opera House (& Museum)
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    • Dec 8, 2019
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    A Night Out at the Cairo Opera House (& Museum)

    When you think of Egypt, you don't often think of opera houses, yet Egypt has a strong history of opera and theatre, and even has the...
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    Evening Felucca Cruise on the Nile
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    • Dec 8, 2019
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    Evening Felucca Cruise on the Nile

    In contrast to Cairo's large party boats, a much more relaxing version exists, the felucca. Unlike the motor-driven party boats, the...
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    Cycling the Delta: From Cairo to Alexandria
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    • Oct 14, 2019
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    Cycling the Delta: From Cairo to Alexandria

    After finding out I had a long weekend due to a public holiday, I rushed to find a friend willing to join me on a journey I had wanted to...
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    Verdi's Opera Aida at the Cairo Opera House
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    • Oct 8, 2019
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    Verdi's Opera Aida at the Cairo Opera House

    Commissioned by Ismai'l Pasha and premiered in 1871 at the Khedive Opera House in Cairo, Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Aida has since been...
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    Celluloid Memories: Old Film Posters in Downtown Cairo
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    • Sep 23, 2019
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    Celluloid Memories: Old Film Posters in Downtown Cairo

    Egypt is famous for its cinema, and it's a point of pride for many. Even young Egyptians have an intimate knowledge of the classics of...
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    The Stadium and the Street: Joys of Watching Football in Street Cafes
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    • Sep 23, 2019
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    The Stadium and the Street: Joys of Watching Football in Street Cafes

    Football in Egypt is big. Egypt's star players are praised as heroes, and every city and town across the country shuts down with traffic...
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